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所在平台: Coursera |
课程主页: https://www.coursera.org/learn/writing-for-children
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课程名称：《写作给年轻读者：开启宝藏之箱》 课程概述：本课程旨在为对年轻读者写作充满热情的好奇学生和有志作者提供支持。学员将能够参与一个充满活力的在线写作社区，实验自己的写作并发展个人声音。课程结合视频讲座、在线阅读、同伴评审以及国际知名儿童作者的嘉宾讲座，为学员提供指导。在写作练习过程中，学员将互相给予反馈，并获得提升写作的技巧和工具。 在课程中，学员将认清对自己有意义的故事，探索文化的重要性与界限，塑造作为作家的身份；熟悉叙事的标准要素（人物、背景、情节、主题、语言、对话、视角）；反思自己的作品，练习自我编辑的基本技能；观察文字与艺术的不同互动方式及长篇叙事的可能性；获得关于出版选择的实用见解；并制定一个追求写作热情的计划。课程结束时，学员将拥有十到十二个写作片段，可以发展成作品集。 加入全球多样声音的动态社区，从自己的声音、内心和地方中找到灵感，讲述你一直想为年轻读者讲述的故事。 课程大纲： 1. **写作身份**：本模块帮助学员将自身置入写作中，培养有效的写作习惯，利用个人经历和文化丰富写作内容，并实验不同的视角。 2. **体裁、形式与受众**：概述适合年轻读者的流行体裁和形式，讨论目标读者及如何让作品吸引他们，帮助学员了解广泛的体裁与形式及其应用技巧。 3. **结构**：探讨作业的结构要素，包括人物、背景、情节和主题，强调语言在作品生动性中的作用，为后续的编辑和出版模块做好准备。 4. **编辑与校对**：学习如何将草稿转化为流畅、无错误且适合出版的作品，包括结构编辑、逐字编辑和校对阶段，并提供资源和检查表供实用练习用。 5. **出版**：介绍不同的出版途径，包括传统纸质出版和数字出版，听取嘉宾作家的出版经验，为学员的写作生涯奠定基础。 通过本课程的学习，学员将能够更自信地走向写作之路，迈向全球作家网络。
Name:Your Writing Identity
Description:Good children’s writing commonly has a strong sense of identity. This module will give you a chance to think about and practice putting yourself into your writing. We will start by looking at how you can establish effective writing habits and how you can use your own experiences and culture to enrich your writing. We will also discuss ways that you can add depth to your writing by drawing on myths and legends, and by experimenting with different viewpoints.
Name:Genre, Form, and Audience
Description:In this module we will give you an overview of genres and forms that are popular for young readers. We will then move on to a discussion of audience – who your readers are and how you can make your work appealing to your chosen audience. By the end of the module you will have a good sense of the wide range of genres and forms available to you and some techniques that you can use to make the most of the genre or form you are working in.
Name:Structure
Description:We’ve covered qualities of writing that make it appeal to an audience – its form, its genre, and its strong personal voice. Now we’ll move on to some structural elements that are key to holding your writing together. We’ll start by looking at character and setting, then move on to plot and theme. Finally, we will focus on language. Language can really bring your writing to life by adding a layer to your characters and setting and by giving your plot a good pace. This is the last module where we look at creating new writing. In the next two modules we’ll focus on editing your work and getting it published.
Name:Editing and Proofreading
Description:In this module you will learn how to transform your draft work into something that flows well, is free of errors, and is ready to be published. We’ll start by looking at structural editing, where you look at your work’s plot, structure, and themes. Then we’ll move on to the copyediting and proofreading stage, where you focus on perfecting grammar and spelling. We have provided resources and checklists that will help you to practice applying our editing tips to your own work.
Name:Publishing
Description:In this final module you’ll learn about different ways that you can get your work published and into the hands of young readers. We have included information about a range of different publishing methods available to you, from traditional print publishing to digital publishing. You can also listen to our guest writers talking about how they publish their own work. This MOOC is just a starting point for your writing life. You will soon be ready to join a global network of writers.
This course is for curious students and aspiring authors with a passion for writing for young readers. Participate in a dynamic online community of writers as you experiment with your own writing and develop your voice. This course will guide you with a combination of video lectures, online readings, peer reviews, and guest appearances from world-renowned children’s authors. As you work through the writing exercises, you will give and receive feedback from your peers and gain tools and techniques for improving your writing. During this course you will identify stories that matter to you, explore cultural significance and boundaries, and shape your identity as a writer; become familiar with standard elements of narrative (character, setting, plot, theme, language, dialogue, point of view); reflect on your own work and practice essential self-editing skills; see the different ways in which words and art interact, and the possibilities of longer narrative forms; come away with practical insights into publishing options; and create a plan for pursuing your enthusiasm for writing. By the end of the course, you will have ten to twelve extracts of writing that you can develop into a portfolio. Join a dynamic community of many voices from around the world. Find inspiration in your own voice, heart, and place so that you can tell the stories for young readers you’ve always wanted to tell.
